Named as “The Wall” by whole India and fondly called as “Jammy”, Rahul Dravid is a former Indian cricketer who had his own style of batting and protected the Indian team whenever everyone fails to play.
Let’s have a look at the 10 Things You Never Knew About Rahul Dravid :
1) Rahul Dravid attained a degree in commerce from St. Joseph’s College of Commerce, Bangalore.
2) He scored 95 in his debut match in 1996 at India’s tour in England.
3) After Vijay Hazare and Sunil Gavaskar, he became the 3rd Indian batsman to score a century in each innings of a Test.
4) He was named one of the five Wisden cricketers of the year 2000 as he was the highest scorer in the 1999 World Cup (scoring 461 runs).
5) He made his first debut in T20 match with England and also retired in the same match.
6) He is passionate about Hockey and is a professional Hockey player. If he had not entered cricket, he would have made his career in Hockey.
7) He married a surgeon from Nagpur, Vijeta Pendharkar and they have 2 children – Samit and Anvay.
8) He represented India in 163 of his 164 Tests.
9) In 2011, he became the first non-Australian cricketer to speak at the Bradman Oration in Canberra.
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